When was the last time NYC had a snow day?

Just out of curiosity

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I haven't been there since 2000, but I remember NYS declared a state of emergency and cancelled the NYS Regents in Jan 2000 and NYC was still opened.


BUT they did close Sept 99 for Hurricane Floyd (?) - I think b/c some schools were flooding

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I think it was in 2006 when we had that really bad snow storm that left around 25 inches of snow in Central Park.

Even the trains and buses were cancelled!! but, even after that, they only closed for ONE day (from what I recall)


I wouldn't count on any this year, particularly this Wednesday

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i ve been in NYC since 2004 and we ve never had a snow day. we only had a few delayed starts when the transit strike took place, but teachers and staff still had to be in on time. the delay was for students only.

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I thought 2002, but otherwise, 1996 was one.

Message edited 1/26/2009 7:43:46 PM.

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Posted by PennyCat

I think it was in 2006 when we had that really bad snow storm that left around 25 inches of snow in Central Park.

Even the trains and buses were cancelled!! but, even after that, they only closed for ONE day (from what I recall)


I wouldn't count on any this year, particularly this Wednesday

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maybe 5years ago they did and then we didn't get the snow they claimed we were going too. they closed it the night before ane nothing came. so, i don't think he will ever close them again!

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when hell froze over!

they didn't cancel on 9.12.01 which goes to show you the world must literally end for them to close.

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The last snow day was in January 1996.


And we were closed 9/12/01.

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We did close on 9/12/01. There was a delayed opening for students on 9/13. We had a staff meeting to discuss how to help the kids deal with what happened prior to the kids arriving.

We also had a snow day early in 2004, late January. I remember because it was the first one in a while and I was supposed to take my kids on a field trip. DH and I had just started living together and he had a snow day too (his college will close for one flake of snow ). There was a blizzard in Feb of 06 but we did NOT close for that. I was scoring the ELA that day and lots of people did not make it in. I think it came at the tail end of Feb break.

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Posted by msrsfeb

maybe 5years ago they did and then we didn't get the snow they claimed we were going too. they closed it the night before ane nothing came. so, i don't think he will ever close them again!

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Posted by sarahbelle

Posted by msrsfeb

maybe 5years ago they did and then we didn't get the snow they claimed we were going too. they closed it the night before ane nothing came. so, i don't think he will ever close them again!

I remember that...they made the decision to cancel school at 7pm the night before and it barely snowed the next day.

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I remember there was a false alarm once and they canceled it and it never snowed...I thought that was in '03 could be wrong. I say '03 because that year I believe the teachers had to stay an extra day almost as a punishment because of that snow day.

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1996--They never close!

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I remember b/c it was my first year teaching. it was in Jan. or Feb. 2001. T
My school in Corona was also closed on 9/12/01.

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We had a snow day in 2002 that never materialized and i believe 2 snow days in 2003. I remember because I was painting my new apartment and was so happy that I had the time off to finish. We were closed on 9/12/2001 and we had lengthy delays for the transit strike.

The reason NYC schools don't close as often as suburban schools is because they provide 2 meals a day to kids who need them. For some students, it is the only meals they will get all day. It is also easier to get around NYC in a snow storm than other places. Our mass transit system, despite its many flaws, really does get you around pretty efficiently.

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It was definitely the winter of 2004. So the 03/04 school year. I remember we got the call the night before.

The transit strike was great too! School didn't start until 10:00am. for 2 weeks. It was great :) I am so not a morning
person.

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It was January 28, 2004. It was my husband's birthday- we had been dating less than a year and we NYC teachers. I was so happy to have the day off together.

And we were definitely off on 9/12/01